Ranking Red Wings 2021 RFA Priorities and Thomas Greiss’ Turnaround

Hi everybody and welcome to Episode 42 of Season 2 of Red Wings Rant hosted by the Brothers of Discussion and brought to you by the Hockey Podcast Network.  Where tirades and impassioned pleas about your Detroit Red Wings, finally, have a home.

The Red Wings have plenty of important decisions coming up this off-season, so as promised we take a look at the Red Wings Unrestricted Free Agents and Restricted Free Agents and rank them.

We also take a deeper look at Thomas Greiss turnaround and how it’s helped the Red Wings reach the finish line.

We also play everyone’s favorite game: Who’s That Pokemon! 

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Red Wings vs Tampa Bay Lightning

Red Wings vs Tampa Bay this Season: 3-3-1(.500 points percentage)

Red Wings now have 5 of their worst-8 Expected Goals Against performances since Merrill & Nemeth were traded.

The Red Wings also have their worst xGF performance of the season to result in a victory: .83. It was their 4th worst performance of the season.

Despite all of that, Thomas Greiss got his second consecutive shutout as he looks to finish the season out strong. We discuss what this means for Greiss and the Red Wings going forward.

In Greiss' last 10 games, he's 5-1-3 with a 1.51 GAA, a .951 SV%, and has saved 12.54 goals more than expected based on the quality of shots he's faced per @EvolvingHockey https://t.co/CleaGe4rMr

— Prashanth Iyer (@iyer_prashanth) May 1, 2021

Red Wings Moritz Seider in SHL Finals

We continue to look at how the Red Wings top prospects are performing while we jump over to the SHL for a quick peek. Moritz Seider scores his first goal of the SHL playoffs, but down in series 1-0. Take a look at that goal below.

This is an incredible play too 😳😳😳#LGRW https://t.co/I4qNr9VgyQ

— Red Wings Rant - the Brothers of Discussion (@BODHockey) May 1, 2021

Griffins Sign Kirill Tyutyayev

The Griffins on Saturday signed left-wing Kirill Tyutyayev (5’9” - 145 lbs - 2019 7th Round Pick 190th Overall) to a standard player’s contract for the 2021-22 American Hockey League season.

Tyutyayev is 12th in scoring in the Belarus league (32 Points in 43 Games), but I’d say, more importantly, he is the leader in scoring for anyone under 21

Tyutyayev is 12th in scoring in the Belarus league, but I’d say more importantly, he is the leader in scoring for anyone under 21

Could definitely be something to keep an eye on here#LGRW https://t.co/qqqCjBv7e7

— Red Wings Rant - the Brothers of Discussion (@BODHockey) May 1, 2021

Red Wings Upcoming RFA’s

We are going to score the likelihood of this player’s return and stability with their role with Franchise with four different scores:

• Here to stay for the long haul - Steve Yzerman

• Here and safe...for now… - Dylan Larkin

• I’ll sign him, but… - Anthony Mantha

• Oof Samuelson (named after Ulf)

2021 Red Wings RFA’s (with salary range)

Jakub Vrana 5.564mill

Adam Erne 3.5 ::: 1.729

Michael Rasmussen 1.25:::1.478

Evgeny Svechnikov 1.25:::900k

Christian Djoos 950k:::900k

Dennis Cholowksi 950k:::950k

Gustav Lindstrom 950k:::850k

Filip Hronek 2.2m:::3.8

Tyler Bertuzzi 2.1 m:::3.324

Mathias Brome 950k:::850k

Chase Pearson 950k:::850k

Hayden Verbeek 950k :::850k

Givani Smith 850k::::850k

Hit us up in the comments with your scores for each Red Wing Restricted Free Agent and your salary range!